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LOT 3564
Trajan AR Denarius. Struck AD 113-114. Rome mint.
IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate and draped bust to right / S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Genius standing facing, head to left, holding patera and corn ears. RIC II 275; BMCRE 429-430; Woytek 421v; RSC 398. Extremely Fine/Near Extremely Fine. Coin stored in square coin capsule.(3.27gr, 20mm, 7h.).
Provenance
Ex Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions, 5 December 2011, no.961.
Ex ACR ArtCoins Roma, 20 May 2015, no.3192.
Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity and provenance.
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